Tornadoes in the South
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:44 am
One of them last for almost 2 hours! Thank heavens it was a weaker tornado. Many others touched down with some f3 and f2 with several f0's. Thank heavens most of them were not that strong:
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NOUS44 KSHV 250443
PNSSHV
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1040 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...RESULTS OF TORNADO SURVEY IN LASALLE AND GRANT PARISHES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY
OF THE STORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH LASALLE AND GRANT PARISHES TUESDAY
EVENING. THE TORNADO PATH IN LASALLE PARISH WAS IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE PARISH. TWO TORNADO PATHS WERE ALSO FOUND ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN GRANT PARISH.
THE TORNADO IN LASALLE PARISH MOVED THROUGH OLLA AND WAS RATED AN F3
...158 TO 205 MPH. ONE FATALITY...15 TO 20 INJURIES REQUIRING
HOSPITALIZATION...90 HOMES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WERE DAMAGED.
THE DAMAGE PATH BEGAN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF OLLA...JUST WEST OF
ROUTE 165. THE LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE IN ADDITION
TO SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW
END F2 AT THIS LOCATION. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED NORTHEAST INTO THE
MIDDLE OF OLLA WHERE NUMEROUS HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. ONE
FATALITY WAS REPORTED IN THIS PART OF OLLA WHERE THE ROOF AND SOME
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS WERE BLOWN AWAY. OTHER HOMES IN THE
IMMEDIATE AREA SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGED FROM ROOFS BLOWN OFF TO
EXTERIOR WALLS BLOWN AWAY.
AS THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TOWN...JUST
WEST OF ROUTE 165...FIVE MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. TWO OF THE
MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WHILE THE REMAINING THREE
WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. A PICKUP TRUCK WAS TOSSED 200 FEET AND TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN. THE TOP OF THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED INTO THE
BODY OF THE TRUCK. A MAN AND A BOY WERE BLOWN 200 FEET AWAY FROM
THEIR MOBILE...LANDING NEXT TO THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED AN F2 AT THIS LOCATION.
ONE HALF MILE NORTHEAST...JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS ALONG ROUTE
165...3 HOMES AND A STORE WERE WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ONE HOME
HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TWO HOMES ON THE NORTHERN END...BOTH ON CONCRETE
SUPPORTS...WERE BLOWN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE
TORNADO WAS RATED AN F3 AT THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO PATH CROSSED
OVER ROUTE 165 AND CONTINUED FOR ONE MILE TO THE LASALLE AND
CALDWELL PARISH LINE BEFORE ENDING. DOWNED TREES WERE INDICATED FOR
THE LAST MILE OF THE TRACK WHERE THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END F1.
THE DAMAGE PATH VARIED FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS WIDE WITH THE WIDEST
POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN WHERE THE FATALITY WAS REPORTED. THE
TORNADO TRACK WAS 3 MILES LONG.
THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN GRANT PARISH WAS RATED AN
F0...40 TO 72 MPH. THE DAMAGED WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO TREES BLOWN
DOWN AND SNAPPED IN HALF. ONE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS DAMAGED
WHEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED ONTO THE SUPPORTS. THE TRACK BEGAN 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF PROSPECT AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR 3
MILES BEFORE ENDING ONE MILE SOUTH OF PROSPECT. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
50 TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
THE SECOND TORNADO IN GRANT PARISH WAS RATED AN F0...40 TO 72 MPH.
THE PATCH BEGAN TWO AND ONE HALF MILES NORTH OF COLFAX ALONG ROUTE 71
WHERE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TRACK CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD
LAKE IATT WHERE TREES WERE BLOWN OVER ONTO 4 HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE LAKE AND JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 158. THE PATH WAS DETECTED ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE...ONE MILE NORTH OF FAIRCLOTH WHERE TREES
WERE SNAPPED OFF. THE TRACK CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD
WILLIANA WHERE THE DAMAGE ENDED. TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AT THIS
LOCATION. THE TOTAL TRACK WAS 12 MILES WITH THE DAMAGE PATH 50 TO 75
YARDS WIDE. IT APPEARS THIS TRACK WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO
THAT MOVED THROUGH MARCO IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH.
MF
NOUS44 KLCH 250223
PNSLCH
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-250600-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
823 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...TORNADOES TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR OVER 60 MILES...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TODAY INDICATED TORNADOES
TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR OVER 60 MILES YESTERDAY...TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 23 2004.
INDICATIONS OF THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WERE ALONG FM 1293...WEST
OF KOUNTZE. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AROUND 4 PM IN THIS
VICINITY. BY 415 PM...THIS TORNADO WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF
KOUNTZE...NARROWLY MISSING THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE BUILDING.
UNFORTUNATELY...THIS TORNADO CAUSED A FATALITY IN NORTHEASTERN
HARDIN COUNTY. AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS KILLED AFTER HER MOBILE HOME WAS
CRUSHED BY TWO FALLEN TREES. SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES IN THIS
AREA...AROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF FRED...WERE DESTROYED.
THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY CROSSED EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF TYLER
COUNTY...UPROOTING OR SNAPPING TREES AND POWER LINES...BEFORE
HEADING ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY. BY 455 PM...THE
TORNADO HAD TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF KIRBYVILLE ALONG FM 1013...DAMAGING
SEVERAL MORE HOMES AND UPROOTING TREES.
AT 5 PM...THE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED NORTH OF KIRBYVILLE NEAR HIGHWAY
96...WHERE MORE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DAMAGED.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO NEWTON COUNTY AROUND 505 PM...BLOWING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG THE WAY. BY 515 PM...THE TORNADO HAD
IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY OF PINE GROVE...WHERE SEVERAL HOMES AND BARNS
WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THIS TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...NARROWLY MISSING NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND 520
PM. THE TORNADO CONTINUES ITS NORTHEASTWARD PROGRESS...EVENTUALLY
MOVING INTO LOUISIANA NEAR THE EVANS COMMUNITY IN VERNON PARISH BY
550 PM.
THE OVERALL STATISTICS ON THIS LONG-LIVED TORNADO INDICATE THIS
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT LEAST FIVE TIMES...CROSSING THE FOUR
COUNTIES OF HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON. F-SCALE RATING WAS
F1...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF OF NEARLY 110 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS NEARLY A
QUARTER MILE WIDE AT TIMES....AND ON THE GROUND FOR NEARLY TWO
HOURS!
$$
ERICKSON
NOUS44 KSHV 250034
PNSSHV
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...RESULTS OF TORNADO SURVEY IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY
OF THE STORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE PARISH TUESDAY EVENING. THE
PATHS OF TWO TORNADOS WERE FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
PARISH.
THE FIRST WAS A VERY WEAK F0 ...40 TO 72 MPH... TORNADO THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE SMALL TOWN OF NATCHEZ...SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES. THE
DAMAGE WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...FENCES BLOWN
OVER AND TREES BLOWN DOWN. THE TRACK THAT WAS SURVEYED BEGAN ONE
MILE SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ...MOVED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN BEFORE ENDING ONE HALF MILE NORTHEAST OF
TOWN. THIS TORNADO MAY HAVE HAD A LONGER TRACK...BUT TIME
CONSTRAINTS PREVENTED A FURTHER SURVEY.
THE SECOND STRONGER TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F2 ...113 TO 157 MPH...
THAT MOVED INTO NATCHITOCHES PARISH APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF KISATCHIE. THE STORM MOVED IN A
NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION...CROSSING HIGHWAY 119 EAST OF GORUM AND
INTERSTATE 49 NEAR THE 112 MILE MARKER. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED
HIGHWAY ONE VERY NEAR GALBRAITH AND THEN PROCEEDED TO MOVE ALONG
HIGHWAY 490 FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES BEFORE THE HIGHWAY CURVED
AWAY FROM THE STORMS PATH. THE STORM THEN CROSSED THE CANE RIVER
NORTH OF MARCO AND THEN THE RED RIVER NORTH OF COLFAX AND INTO GRANT
PARISH.
THE STORM APPEARS TO BE ON THE GROUND CONTINUOUSLY FOR ITS 20 MILES
TRACK FROM WHERE IT ENTERED THE PARISH TO WHERE IT EXITED AT THE RED
RIVER. THE PATH WIDTH RANGED FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS. PRIOR TO IT'S
MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 490...IT WAS IN MAINLY RURAL FORESTED AREAS AND
OTHER THAN EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...RESULTED IN ONLY ISOLATED MINOR
DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS.
AS THE STORM MOVED ALONG HIGHWAY 490...IT DAMAGED OR DESTROYED TREES
AND PROPERTY EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THE TWO MILE STRETCH.
SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE...TWO FRAME HOMES
WERE DESTROYED AND TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. THE ONLY INJURY WAS
ONE LADY WHO SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS AND POSSIBLE PUNCTURED LUNG.
NWUS54 KSHV 250030
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TORNADO NATCHEZ 31.67N 93.05W
11/23/2004 F0 NATCHITOCHES LA NWS STORM SURVEY
SURVEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF A WEAK F0 TORNADO ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OF NATCHEZ. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH A FEW FENCES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
$$
LH
NWUS54 KSHV 242338
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
537 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TORNADO OLLA 31.90N 92.24W
11/23/2004 F3 LA SALLE LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 FATAL, 20 INJ *** LA SALLE PARISH HIGH SCHOOL
SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE. APPROXIMATELY 90
HOMES/MOBILE HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.
&&
$$
MB
NWUS54 KSHV 242217
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM TORNADO 18 S NATCHITOCHES 31.50N 93.10W
11/23/2004 F2 NATCHITOCHES LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** F2 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM JUST WEST OF MORA
TO NEAR MARCO WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND SOME HOMES
DAMAGED.
0719 PM TORNADO 1 N COLFAX 31.53N 92.71W
11/23/2004 F0 GRANT LA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF COLFAX TO LAKE
IATT TO NEAR WILLIANA.
0820 PM TORNADO 10 ESE COLFAX 31.46N 92.55W
11/23/2004 F0 GRANT LA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH PART OF KISATCHIE
NATIONAL FOREST. NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED AND 3 TO 4 HOMES
DAMAGED.
&&
$$
03
NWUS54 KLIX 241806
LSRLIX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 N GULFPORT 30.46N 89.07W
11/24/2004 HARRISON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
MAJOR DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES AND 5 BUSINESS IN ORANGE GROVE
AREA NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 49 AND DEDAUX RD. 20
HOMES MINOR DAMAGE. DAMAGE MOSTLY IN A FOUR BLOCK AREA.
DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE TORNADO.
&&
$$
NWUS54 KLIX 241742
LSRLIX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1141 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 AM TORNADO 1 SW SLIDELL AIRPORT 30.34N 89.83W
11/24/2004 F2 ST. TAMMANY LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 4 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY INDICATES TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN ON AN INTERMITTENT PATH APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES LONG
WITH AVERAGE WIDTH 50 YARDS. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF
DAMAGE OBSERVED WAS F0/F1 WITH 10 PERCENT OF DAMAGE RATED
AS F2. PATH LENGTH MAY BE EXTENDED IN LENGTH IN FURTHER
SURVEYS. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE 50 TO 60 HOMES DAMAGED
RANGING FROM LIGHT TO MAJOR. INJURED WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL
HOSPITAL...TREATED AND RELEASED.
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NOUS44 KSHV 250443
PNSSHV
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1040 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...RESULTS OF TORNADO SURVEY IN LASALLE AND GRANT PARISHES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY
OF THE STORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH LASALLE AND GRANT PARISHES TUESDAY
EVENING. THE TORNADO PATH IN LASALLE PARISH WAS IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE PARISH. TWO TORNADO PATHS WERE ALSO FOUND ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN GRANT PARISH.
THE TORNADO IN LASALLE PARISH MOVED THROUGH OLLA AND WAS RATED AN F3
...158 TO 205 MPH. ONE FATALITY...15 TO 20 INJURIES REQUIRING
HOSPITALIZATION...90 HOMES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WERE DAMAGED.
THE DAMAGE PATH BEGAN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF OLLA...JUST WEST OF
ROUTE 165. THE LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE IN ADDITION
TO SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW
END F2 AT THIS LOCATION. THE DAMAGE PATH EXTENDED NORTHEAST INTO THE
MIDDLE OF OLLA WHERE NUMEROUS HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. ONE
FATALITY WAS REPORTED IN THIS PART OF OLLA WHERE THE ROOF AND SOME
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR WALLS WERE BLOWN AWAY. OTHER HOMES IN THE
IMMEDIATE AREA SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGED FROM ROOFS BLOWN OFF TO
EXTERIOR WALLS BLOWN AWAY.
AS THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TOWN...JUST
WEST OF ROUTE 165...FIVE MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. TWO OF THE
MOBILE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WHILE THE REMAINING THREE
WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. A PICKUP TRUCK WAS TOSSED 200 FEET AND TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN. THE TOP OF THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED INTO THE
BODY OF THE TRUCK. A MAN AND A BOY WERE BLOWN 200 FEET AWAY FROM
THEIR MOBILE...LANDING NEXT TO THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED AN F2 AT THIS LOCATION.
ONE HALF MILE NORTHEAST...JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS ALONG ROUTE
165...3 HOMES AND A STORE WERE WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND ONE HOME
HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE TWO HOMES ON THE NORTHERN END...BOTH ON CONCRETE
SUPPORTS...WERE BLOWN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE
TORNADO WAS RATED AN F3 AT THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO PATH CROSSED
OVER ROUTE 165 AND CONTINUED FOR ONE MILE TO THE LASALLE AND
CALDWELL PARISH LINE BEFORE ENDING. DOWNED TREES WERE INDICATED FOR
THE LAST MILE OF THE TRACK WHERE THE TORNADO WAS RATED A LOW END F1.
THE DAMAGE PATH VARIED FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS WIDE WITH THE WIDEST
POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN WHERE THE FATALITY WAS REPORTED. THE
TORNADO TRACK WAS 3 MILES LONG.
THE TORNADO THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN GRANT PARISH WAS RATED AN
F0...40 TO 72 MPH. THE DAMAGED WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO TREES BLOWN
DOWN AND SNAPPED IN HALF. ONE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS DAMAGED
WHEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED ONTO THE SUPPORTS. THE TRACK BEGAN 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF PROSPECT AND TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR 3
MILES BEFORE ENDING ONE MILE SOUTH OF PROSPECT. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS
50 TO 100 YARDS WIDE.
THE SECOND TORNADO IN GRANT PARISH WAS RATED AN F0...40 TO 72 MPH.
THE PATCH BEGAN TWO AND ONE HALF MILES NORTH OF COLFAX ALONG ROUTE 71
WHERE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TRACK CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD
LAKE IATT WHERE TREES WERE BLOWN OVER ONTO 4 HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE LAKE AND JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 158. THE PATH WAS DETECTED ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE...ONE MILE NORTH OF FAIRCLOTH WHERE TREES
WERE SNAPPED OFF. THE TRACK CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD
WILLIANA WHERE THE DAMAGE ENDED. TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AT THIS
LOCATION. THE TOTAL TRACK WAS 12 MILES WITH THE DAMAGE PATH 50 TO 75
YARDS WIDE. IT APPEARS THIS TRACK WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO
THAT MOVED THROUGH MARCO IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH.
MF
NOUS44 KLCH 250223
PNSLCH
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-250600-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
823 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...TORNADOES TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR OVER 60 MILES...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TODAY INDICATED TORNADOES
TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR OVER 60 MILES YESTERDAY...TUESDAY
NOVEMBER 23 2004.
INDICATIONS OF THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WERE ALONG FM 1293...WEST
OF KOUNTZE. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AROUND 4 PM IN THIS
VICINITY. BY 415 PM...THIS TORNADO WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF
KOUNTZE...NARROWLY MISSING THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE BUILDING.
UNFORTUNATELY...THIS TORNADO CAUSED A FATALITY IN NORTHEASTERN
HARDIN COUNTY. AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS KILLED AFTER HER MOBILE HOME WAS
CRUSHED BY TWO FALLEN TREES. SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES IN THIS
AREA...AROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF FRED...WERE DESTROYED.
THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY CROSSED EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF TYLER
COUNTY...UPROOTING OR SNAPPING TREES AND POWER LINES...BEFORE
HEADING ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF JASPER COUNTY. BY 455 PM...THE
TORNADO HAD TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF KIRBYVILLE ALONG FM 1013...DAMAGING
SEVERAL MORE HOMES AND UPROOTING TREES.
AT 5 PM...THE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED NORTH OF KIRBYVILLE NEAR HIGHWAY
96...WHERE MORE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DAMAGED.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO NEWTON COUNTY AROUND 505 PM...BLOWING DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG THE WAY. BY 515 PM...THE TORNADO HAD
IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY OF PINE GROVE...WHERE SEVERAL HOMES AND BARNS
WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THIS TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...NARROWLY MISSING NEWTON
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND 520
PM. THE TORNADO CONTINUES ITS NORTHEASTWARD PROGRESS...EVENTUALLY
MOVING INTO LOUISIANA NEAR THE EVANS COMMUNITY IN VERNON PARISH BY
550 PM.
THE OVERALL STATISTICS ON THIS LONG-LIVED TORNADO INDICATE THIS
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT LEAST FIVE TIMES...CROSSING THE FOUR
COUNTIES OF HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON. F-SCALE RATING WAS
F1...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF OF NEARLY 110 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS NEARLY A
QUARTER MILE WIDE AT TIMES....AND ON THE GROUND FOR NEARLY TWO
HOURS!
$$
ERICKSON
NOUS44 KSHV 250034
PNSSHV
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
...RESULTS OF TORNADO SURVEY IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY
OF THE STORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE PARISH TUESDAY EVENING. THE
PATHS OF TWO TORNADOS WERE FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
PARISH.
THE FIRST WAS A VERY WEAK F0 ...40 TO 72 MPH... TORNADO THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE SMALL TOWN OF NATCHEZ...SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES. THE
DAMAGE WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...FENCES BLOWN
OVER AND TREES BLOWN DOWN. THE TRACK THAT WAS SURVEYED BEGAN ONE
MILE SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ...MOVED TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN BEFORE ENDING ONE HALF MILE NORTHEAST OF
TOWN. THIS TORNADO MAY HAVE HAD A LONGER TRACK...BUT TIME
CONSTRAINTS PREVENTED A FURTHER SURVEY.
THE SECOND STRONGER TORNADO WAS RATED AS AN F2 ...113 TO 157 MPH...
THAT MOVED INTO NATCHITOCHES PARISH APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF KISATCHIE. THE STORM MOVED IN A
NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION...CROSSING HIGHWAY 119 EAST OF GORUM AND
INTERSTATE 49 NEAR THE 112 MILE MARKER. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED
HIGHWAY ONE VERY NEAR GALBRAITH AND THEN PROCEEDED TO MOVE ALONG
HIGHWAY 490 FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES BEFORE THE HIGHWAY CURVED
AWAY FROM THE STORMS PATH. THE STORM THEN CROSSED THE CANE RIVER
NORTH OF MARCO AND THEN THE RED RIVER NORTH OF COLFAX AND INTO GRANT
PARISH.
THE STORM APPEARS TO BE ON THE GROUND CONTINUOUSLY FOR ITS 20 MILES
TRACK FROM WHERE IT ENTERED THE PARISH TO WHERE IT EXITED AT THE RED
RIVER. THE PATH WIDTH RANGED FROM 100 TO 300 YARDS. PRIOR TO IT'S
MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 490...IT WAS IN MAINLY RURAL FORESTED AREAS AND
OTHER THAN EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...RESULTED IN ONLY ISOLATED MINOR
DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS.
AS THE STORM MOVED ALONG HIGHWAY 490...IT DAMAGED OR DESTROYED TREES
AND PROPERTY EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THE TWO MILE STRETCH.
SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE...TWO FRAME HOMES
WERE DESTROYED AND TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. THE ONLY INJURY WAS
ONE LADY WHO SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS AND POSSIBLE PUNCTURED LUNG.
NWUS54 KSHV 250030
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TORNADO NATCHEZ 31.67N 93.05W
11/23/2004 F0 NATCHITOCHES LA NWS STORM SURVEY
SURVEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF A WEAK F0 TORNADO ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OF NATCHEZ. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH A FEW FENCES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
$$
LH
NWUS54 KSHV 242338
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
537 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TORNADO OLLA 31.90N 92.24W
11/23/2004 F3 LA SALLE LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 FATAL, 20 INJ *** LA SALLE PARISH HIGH SCHOOL
SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE. APPROXIMATELY 90
HOMES/MOBILE HOMES SUFFERED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.
&&
$$
MB
NWUS54 KSHV 242217
LSRSHV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM TORNADO 18 S NATCHITOCHES 31.50N 93.10W
11/23/2004 F2 NATCHITOCHES LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 1 INJ *** F2 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM JUST WEST OF MORA
TO NEAR MARCO WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND SOME HOMES
DAMAGED.
0719 PM TORNADO 1 N COLFAX 31.53N 92.71W
11/23/2004 F0 GRANT LA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO OCCURRED FROM 1 MILE NORTH OF COLFAX TO LAKE
IATT TO NEAR WILLIANA.
0820 PM TORNADO 10 ESE COLFAX 31.46N 92.55W
11/23/2004 F0 GRANT LA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH PART OF KISATCHIE
NATIONAL FOREST. NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED AND 3 TO 4 HOMES
DAMAGED.
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03
NWUS54 KLIX 241806
LSRLIX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 N GULFPORT 30.46N 89.07W
11/24/2004 HARRISON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
MAJOR DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES AND 5 BUSINESS IN ORANGE GROVE
AREA NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 49 AND DEDAUX RD. 20
HOMES MINOR DAMAGE. DAMAGE MOSTLY IN A FOUR BLOCK AREA.
DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND OR POSSIBLE TORNADO.
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NWUS54 KLIX 241742
LSRLIX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1141 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 AM TORNADO 1 SW SLIDELL AIRPORT 30.34N 89.83W
11/24/2004 F2 ST. TAMMANY LA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 4 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY INDICATES TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN ON AN INTERMITTENT PATH APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES LONG
WITH AVERAGE WIDTH 50 YARDS. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF
DAMAGE OBSERVED WAS F0/F1 WITH 10 PERCENT OF DAMAGE RATED
AS F2. PATH LENGTH MAY BE EXTENDED IN LENGTH IN FURTHER
SURVEYS. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE 50 TO 60 HOMES DAMAGED
RANGING FROM LIGHT TO MAJOR. INJURED WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL
HOSPITAL...TREATED AND RELEASED.